| 1 | FFmpeg README |
| 2 | ============= |
| 3 | |
| 4 | FFmpeg is a collection of libraries and tools to process multimedia content |
| 5 | such as audio, video, subtitles and related metadata. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | ## Libraries |
| 8 | |
| 9 | * `libavcodec` provides implementation of a wider range of codecs. |
| 10 | * `libavformat` implements streaming protocols, container formats and basic I/O access. |
| 11 | * `libavutil` includes hashers, decompressors and miscellaneous utility functions. |
| 12 | * `libavfilter` provides a mean to alter decoded Audio and Video through chain of filters. |
| 13 | * `libavdevice` provides an abstraction to access capture and playback devices. |
| 14 | * `libswresample` implements audio mixing and resampling routines. |
| 15 | * `libswscale` implements color conversion and scaling routines. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | ## Tools |
| 18 | |
| 19 | * [ffmpeg](http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html) is a command line toolbox to |
| 20 | manipulate, convert and stream multimedia content. |
| 21 | * [ffplay](http://ffmpeg.org/ffplay.html) is a minimalistic multimedia player. |
| 22 | * [ffprobe](http://ffmpeg.org/ffprobe.html) is a simple analisys tool to inspect |
| 23 | multimedia content. |
| 24 | * Additional small tools such as `aviocat`, `ismindex` and `qt-faststart`. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | ## Documentation |
| 27 | |
| 28 | The offline documentation is available in the **doc/** directory. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | The online documentation is available in the main [website](http://ffmpeg.org) |
| 31 | and in the [wiki](http://trac.ffmpeg.org). |
| 32 | |
| 33 | ### Examples |
| 34 | |
| 35 | Coding examples are available in the **doc/examples** directory. |
| 36 | |
| 37 | ## License |
| 38 | |
| 39 | FFmpeg codebase is mainly LGPL-licensed with optional components licensed under |
| 40 | GPL. Please refer to the LICENSE file for detailed information. |